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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13, 1915. PORTLAND, OREGON'. tBtwd t PrtUnd. Orejon. Postofflc as Safcftcnptioa Kates Invariably In advance; (Br Mall.) reity, Fundar Included, erne year ... Le.'y. Sundtty Included, six month . I':ly, Sunday Included, threo months L'aily, Sunday lncludi, one month Iaily. wl-out Sunday, one year .... Lat.y. without Sunuay, sis months . I-ai:y, without Sunpay, three months Xaily. without Sunday, on month Weekly, one year Funiiar, one year ............--- Bund? and Weekly on year ------- (By Carrier.! (4.00 4. 1:5 2.-5 -7S 6.00 1.75 .60 1.50 M0 I 3. SO rat!r. ?undsr Included, one year I "J lai:y. tuniay Included, one month ..... Mow to Kemlt Fend Postofflc money or der. zprM nrl-r or perioral cr.ee ou J i 1 . . . . nr .umncT are al wnd'T t risk. Give postefflce sddress la full. meddles county and state. Pmiim KatM ! 1 to la nares. t cent; 1 to paxes. - cents: 4 to 41 pars. S cents ' to ot pases. 4 cents; to 7 page. ( cents: TH to 2 paxes, ti cents. Forelxn post. axe. dauDla rates. . Rnlan. Offtee Verree C"Ht Ilr. New York. Brunswick building-; Chicago, fcttnser buildinx. Oea Fram-hr Of Mrs R. J. Bid well Com. par.y. 7 tJ Marxet street. POBTLAXW, WEDNESDAY. JAN. IS. 115- CO1KNOB HTTHTCOMBri MESSAGE. Governor Withycombe has present d to the Legislature a message which in one particular is practically a nov elty. It is brief and filled with con. Crete recommendations. One does not have to read through a long ar ray of figures or elaborate argument to obtain the purport of the document. In the matter of economy the Gov ernor Is in harmony with the spirit of the times. As to consolidation of some departments and elimination of others immediately he does not go so far as do some of the leaders of the Legislature, judging from expressions of their present intentions. But it is hardly to be doubted that if this Leg islature can make a thorough inves. tigation and reach practical conclu sions in addition to the suggestions made by the Governor he will not op pose the more elaborate programme. In recommending amendments to the compensation law Governor Withycombe has not gone into partic ularities, but he suggests that the experience of Michigan, whose statute has received widespread indorsement from exDerts on the subject, offers practical ground work for intelligent consideration. The Michigan law, like the Oregon law. is elective in name, but there in actual practice the law is essential ly compulsory. The employer need not accept the compensation princi ple, but if he does not he is deprived of the common law defenses under which employers so successfully com bat personal injury damage suits. The employe need not come under tne law. but if he rejects it when his em- Dloyer is willing to accept it. the em ployer retains the advantages of the common law defenses. In short em ployer or employe may be indirectly penalized for rejecting the compensa tion nrini-iple. Adoption of the Michigan law would mean the elimination of contributions to the state insurance fund by both employes and the state. The employer won!.! oav the entire premium, but he would have the option of insuring in an authorized liability company, or of furnishing satisfactory proof of financial responsibility, or insuring in some mutual organization organized under state law. or insuring in the state accident fund. Tho act Is more general in its appli cation to employments than the Ore- ron law and payment of compensa lion, no matter what the method of insurance, is made practically auto matic. There is no opportunity for employer or Insurance company to drag an injured employe through a long series of lawsuits and appeals before he Is compensated for his Injuries. The Governor's recommendation that the burden imposed upon corpor ations of filing exhaustive reports with numerous state departments be diminished Is timely.' One compre hensive report submitted to one state authority where It would be available to any other department requiring the information contained in it is in all reason sufflri'-nt. Under the existing state regulation of the rates charged and service rendered by public utility corporations the largo cost of main taining a clerical force to prepare un necessary reports is in the end borne by the people. It is part of the cost of operation which in turn governs the fixing of reasonable rates. Re ports are now reeiulred by the Rail road Commission, the Corporation Commissioner, the Tax Commission, the Insurance Commissioner, the In dustrial Welfare Commission, the StHte Labor Commissioner, the State Industrial Accident Commission and by the Board of Inspectors of Child Labor when children of school age are employed. In numerous other particulars Gov ernor Withycombe has expressed the wisdom of an intelligent and careful student of public affairs. His address gives good cause for a feeling of con fidence that his Is to be a dignified, business-like. economical adminis tration. His message throughout breathes a tone of good feeling and bespeaks a desire for co-operation in all good work that may be under taken by the Legislature. It is framed in clear-cut English, devoid of flip pancy, contains no gratuitous expres sions of animosity e.mi withal is the sort of message the public desires hall emanate from one whose office has the dignified title of Governor of Oregon. Wll-SON-! CHANGED OPINION'S. A correspondent calls attention to "President Wilson's utterance in favor of selection in admitting Immigrants as conflicting with his present oppo sition to the literacy test. But that utterance came in 1S90, when Mr. Wilson was only a philosopher and a historian. His present opinions are those of a politician and a President. It Is impossible to swerve Mr. Wil son from hiJ present policy on any subject by quoting against that policy what he said before he became Presi dent. He has already repudiated one after another of the plunks in the platform on which he was elected two years ago last November and several of the opinions he expressed in the campaign preceding that election. Since he has so little respect for his comparatively recent opinions, how can we expect him to have any re spect for opinions he expresesd a quarter of a century ago? The fact that all events cf that period have helped to prove the soundness of the convictions he now repudiates has no Influence with him. The only hope for adoption of a standard of selection for immigrants, which will prevent a steady lowering of the wages, standard of living and Intelligence of American workmen, rests in Congress. A veto of the Im migration bill seems to be a foregone conclusion. We must hope that Con gress will have the courage and inde pendence to pass the bill over a veto." whosk Mosirrr A worried sportsman, with a math ematical turn or mind, figure it all out that there are 80,000 or more fishermen and hunters in Oregon, paying an annual license tax, and that they ought to be permitted to use the accruing funds for their own benefit. Thev are doing it now, through the grace of a law which turns over the license revenues to the Fish and Game Commission. The ag gregate is more than $100,000 per year, and the sportsmen get it all. They get it all on the easy theory that they pay it Therefore the Game Commission is self-sustaining. Let us see where this queer kind of logic leads us. The automobilists pay a license tax, for the privilege of using the public roads; but we nave heard no clamor from the automobil ists that the money be turned back to them for the common benefit of all automobilists. The corporations pay a license tax; and the insurance com panies and a lot of other privileged creatures do the same; dui me rtvc nues are not thus taken out of one pocket merely to be put back In an other bv these concerns. Pish and game belong to the state, not to the individual, until shot or caught; and they are given to the hunter or fisherman as a matter of privilege, for which he .pays. It is the state's duty, not especially the sportsmen's, to control its fish ana game; and if It chooses to exercise that function through a Fish and Game Commission, it is the state and not the Commission which is exercis ing its sovereign prerogative. The state through the Legislature should make an appropriation for the maintenance of the Fish and Game fr.mmisslon. or a similar bony, ana the moneys now collected by the Com mission should be turned into the gen eral fund. It is extraordinary that so loose and wasteful a system as is now In vogue should ever have been de vised and accepted. FOOLING THE WOMEN'. The other day the country heard from President Wilson that the Ke publican party had not advanced a new idea for thirty years. But now a Democratic Congress, following Democratic President, goes back to ante-bellum days, and revives tne moribund doctrine of states rights to meet the woman suffrage issue. "It is a question for- the states, says the President. Ditto, Mr. .Bryan. Ditto. Leader underwood. Ditto, tne Democratic majority. But slavery was not settled by tne states, nor nullification, nor squatter sovereignty. The Nation overroae tne states, or some of them, and forever exploded the good old Democratic principle that the United States merely a bunch of units, and not a ereat sovereign entity. The President Is merely trying iu rl tho tvnmen. So is congress, n can't be done. PROSPECTS 1B 19'S. Tk voir 1915 has opened with, the first decided evidence of returning in dustrial activity. Hitherto tne re vival has been In special lines con nected with the war foodstuffs ana unr supplies of all kinds but it is w expanding into the steel ana lumber industries. The steel trusts unfilled orders increased 572,01 tons In December, railroads have placed orders for considerable quantities ol rolling stock and rails, railroad shops have heen nut in operation, ana con tracts for large quantities of lumber have been made. Sawmills and snin ele mills in the Northwest are re suming operations, and a demand for their output has sprung up in tne farming states. As idle men are put to work in these industries, their in creased consuming power will extend nrosnerltv in other industries. We cannot expect any consmeruuic expansion of existing industries be- vond the necessity or Dusiness act iiallv in sight, nor any large Invest merrt in new enterprises, until the war ends. The possibilities growing out of the war, such as unloading of American securities by Europe ana the demand for-capital to finance the war, dictate cfioiv in launcning new ventures. Mqicy is easy at present, because of this conservatism, because the Federal reserve system has re leased several hundred million dol lars hitherto held in reserve, and be cause that system has opened to banks the opportunity to rediscount notes. But the war possibilities men tioned would stiffen up Interest rates by creating new demands on avail able capital, and the longer the war lasts, the greater will be these de mands. The small amount of rediscounts shown by the reports or tne reaerai reserve banks is an evidence tnat heir member banks are slow to adapt themselves to the new sjstem. Rediscounting hitherto has oeen re garded as a sign of weakness in a bank, and only by degrees can It come r. he regarded as a natural step m the ordinary course of business. Fed eral reserve banks are at present great reservoirs of unused capital, ana are not earning expenses. They nave found it necessary to invite reais- counts by reducing the rates, and San Francisco has announced a rate oi four per cent on thirty-day notes, thus giving the Pacific Coast, wnere m- erest rates have oeen mgnei-i. ui hurest monev in the united fatates. The temptation to rediscount at such rates will surely prove irresistible, and banks will gradually break away from old custom and yield to it, as the demand for capital grows with reviving business activity. While prolongation or tne war win defer undertaking of new enterprises and will stiffen interest rates, these injurious effects will be offset by cer tain decided gains to the United States. The demand for war sup plies will continue at a probably greater rate; the American industry will supply a larger volume oi muse commodities which we have hitherto bought abroad, and the United States will capture and strengthen its grip upon a larger proportion of foreign trade, particularly with Latin Amer ica. We shall have a longer time within which to upbuild our mer chant marine while much loreign hipping is Interned or diverted to transport service. The hundreds of millions usually spent by American ourists In Europe will remain at home. The balance or trade in our favor will grow to such proportions that it may suffice to pay for any amount of American securities which Europe may resell to us. All conditions Justify the expecta tion that the close of the war will find the United States practically in- dependent financially of Europe and in nnsspsslnn of such a volume of capital that we shall be able to finance Latin America and we may have money to lend Europe for Its rehabilitation after the war. This country has before It a period far better than a boom period. Pros perity has begun to return gradually and will grow gradually month by month until it will be in full tide dur ing Europe's period of reconstruction. With such a prospect, we have every thing to hope for and little to fear, provided we keep our heads. till; apple chop OF 19U. The United States apple crop for 1914 was 259.000,000 bushels, the largest ever produced. Next to it comes that or lsiz, amounting ty 235,000,000 bushels. That for 1913 - . - . i was only 145,000, uuu. xne recoru runs in this way continually, a big crop alternating with a small one, but never has the largest yield approached that of 1914. Of this great crop, ac cording to the census authorities, only some 40 per cent was fit for market under current conditions. What became of the other 60 per cent? Some part of it was fed to hogs. Another fraction was made into cider. A good deal went to waste. The sad truth is that throughout the United States the facilities for dispos ing of orchard by-products are woe fully deficient. Farmers do not know what use to make of low-grade fruit. When they do know in theory, they often lack thev capital to carry out their knowledge in practice. To these difficulties we must not forget to add the lack of markets. The entire sub ject of marketing orchard by-products is chaotic. It needs a thorough regu lation from beginning to end. The market for high-grade apples in 1914 was not particularly remuner ative. Low prices prevailed all. over the country, due in part to the unprec edentedly large crop, in part to the European war which closed a number of outlets. The war will not be a permanent trouble, but increasing crops must be faced from now on. Mammoth plantings are coming into bearing in all parts of the country, particularly in the Pacific North west. Prices will naturally suffer in proportion unless new markets are constantly found.' New York is thus far the largest apple-producing state. It leads off with 49.000.000 bushels. Pennsylva nia follows wi.h 23,000,000. Oregon Is still among the minor orchard re gions, -but it must forge rapidly to the front as its new plantings become pro ductive. With this prospect aneaa it ust be clear to all fruit men that whatever profits are obtained will come from the shrewd disposal of by-products. OIR ATTITIDE TOWARDS TrTK Wi The United States is criticised in Europe for remaining silent in the presence of the violation of Belgian neutrality and for uttering no protest against the violation of the rules of war as laid down in the Hague treaties; in fact, for not lifting its voice in protest until the war inter fered with American trade. It la ciuite certain that, had Presi dent Wilson entered a protest against violation of Belgian neutrality at the moment when that offense against the law of nations was first threat ened, the United States might have exercised a powerful Influence . m favor of the sanctity of treaties and might have restricted the area of hostilities without being arawn into war. He could have done so with propriety, for the United States is a signatory of the Hague treaty which declares neutral territory inviolable, and the German Chancellor admitted Germany's offense. Mr. Wilson would by so doing have won for the United States a moral pre-eminence ana therefore a prestige which would have been incalculable. We could not, however, have ex pressed an opinion about violating the rules of war which have been the subject of recriminations among the belligerents without great danger of becoming Involved in the war. These recriminations related to atro cities by Germans on Belgians and French, and bv Belgians on uermans, to sowing of floating mines in the sea, to use of dumdum bullets, to bombardment of undefended towns and to abuse of the Red Cross.. Had we attempted to judge, while hostili ties were in progress, whether any oi these charges were well founded, we should have been confronted with a hopeless conflict of evidence, and had we attempted to decide who was guil ty, we should have incurred the en mity of the Nation we accused and should probably have been drawn into the war. Since five of the prin cipal nations which had been parties to the Hague treaties set tnem at naught our only course was to re gard those, treaties as a dead letter until Europe recovered trom its maa ness and was in a mood to pledge itself to sin no more. When only two nations are at war, it may be possible for other nations by moral pressure to induce them to mitigate war's horrors by observing certain rules, u hen hair the world is at war, the one great neutral nation is powerless in this regard. It comes with poor grace irom Great Britain to reproach" the United States for not intervening on behalf of Belgium. We never made a treaty specifically pledging ourselves to maintain the integrity oi mat country- Great Britain aia, aim she knew where danger ia ana with what stupendous military power she would have to contend In mak-inir eood her guaranty. Yet she remained unprepared in spite of the warnings of her greatest Generals. When she could reasonably expect that, if Belgium were invaded, at least half a million men would march in within two weeks, her military attache talked with the Belgian Ministers of sending a paltry 100.000 men to Bel gium's aid. The United States de clared its adherence to the general principle that the territory of neu trals should be held sacred; Great Britain pledged herself by force of arms to maintain the neutrality of a particular country and she railed to make good. Belgium laid waste and starving is a monument not only to German perfidy but to uruisn un readiness. Far be it from us to reproach Great Britain fon her failure to save Bel gium, for she is striving nomy to ake amends and nas tnrown open her arms to all Belgian refugees who have coma to her tor succor, out when the American people are taunt ed .with their failure to intervene in Belgium's behalf, we can fairly reply that it is not for any Briton to utter such taunts. The United States Government nas refused to express an opinion aoout the war or the manner In which it is conducted because it is not our quae rel. We have no direct interest In the issues at stake. Our interference would only aggravate the horrors and complicate the quarrel. Wre can serve not only ourselves but Europe, better by standing aside and endeavoring to retain the good will of all parties to the conflict by our impartiality, In order that we may be in a position to act the part of peacemaker when the opportune time comes. Meanwhile our part is to feed the hungry, heal the sick and wounded, comfort the broken-hearted and by every" means in our power to repair the ravages of war. That we are doing to the ex tent of our means and ability. This being our position, we consider ourselves free to go about our busi ness as though there were no war, ex cept so far as warlike conditiojis re quire us to change our methods. When we do so and when we protest against undue interference with our operations it is not '"XI neighbors to call us callous, sordid, inhuman or lacKing in rounsu. " occasion should arise, we are ready to prove the contrary to be true. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., graciously condescends to explain to his loving subjects, the American people, the Ins and outs of the Rockefeller Founda tion. It is done in a neat little pamphlet, of which two or three par agraphs are devoted to the wars in Colorado. The explanations are such as Machiavelli says always suffice for Princes who are by their station ex empt from telling the truth. Palestine, once the garden spot of the iworld, now groans under a fam ine. Modern advances in transporta tion are often Bald to have remedied such miseries, but in wartime all rules break down. The Turk has comman deered all the food in sight through out his dominions and the civilians must starve. Such are the blessings of arbitrary government. Is it nobler for a man to sacrifice his life for his country than to spend it serving his country? The former was the Roman ideal. It is necessary sometimes. The latter is the demo cratic ideal. It is necessary alwaya The good citizen stands ready to do either as occasion demands. Salt Lake's chorus of '3000 voices for the Tabernacle festivities should arouse generous emulation in Port land. A similar and larger chorus would sound very prettily at the Rose Festival. We have the voices and the trainers. "Soea'k the divine I will and it is done.' Britain's first answer having failed to satisfy, we shall now forward an other communication. And then an other and another, no doubt, and an other. While the State Department has stationery there is hope of avoid ing either friction or results. Married teachers in New York who would replenish the earth have won their case. They cannot be dismissed when taking necessary vacation. This is comforting to the husbands. Tremors are begining early in Cali fornia, and this, too, is the exposition year, i'ear or a quaKe neea iiui. uici the visitor. One can get killed at home as readily as abroad. From what we hear of the magni tude of the San Francisco Fair you had better be prepared for a visit of several weeks if you hope to see everything worth seeing. General French slipped home incog for a visit. Now why not let the men on the firing line have that privilege, a few at a time, during the Winter lull? The Idaho man who suggests the unemployed wear a button labeled work wanted" is advised to sena a bucketful to Salem. Another man has been jailed for trying to flirt with the wife of a po liceman, and the pity is the state nos- pitals are crowded. As Hon. John Barrett reviews the scenes of early trials, tribulation and triumphs, he truly can say: "All is well with me. The hotel men are working hard on the amendment to the dry amend ment. They want it to hold water, so to speak. Pensions for superannuated city workers are pleasing to contemplate; but the best pension document is a bank book. Somebody is putting fear into the heart of Indiana, since four-score pol iticians pleaded guilty of corruption yesterday. " The Naval plucking board having been abolished, life omthe ocean wave will lose most of its terrors. London again 'criticises our Mexican policy as aimless and devoid of re sults. How mild London is. The Legislature sets forth expedi tiously and harmoniously. ' Let us hope it will hold the pace. Those 125 men Blease left in prison must have been political enemies of his-campaign days. Wilson intends to veto the immigra tion bill, as sop to the negro vote, probably. No doubt South Carolina will heave a mighty sigh of relief at the exit of Bleaser Simplicity marked Governor Withy combe's inaugural. He is of the people. While suffrage was being argued In Congress the women knit their brows. A local pastor insists there is a hell. Located in Europe, perhaps. The streetcar, with grim satisfac tion, jars the jitney. Nothing but shackles will hold "the handcuff man." ' Why cannot Alex Sweek. John Barrett show Oregon went into Its own at Salem yesterday. Have you sent in your Rose Festival slogan? The Zeppelins merely trimmed Dunkirk. Half a Century Ago. From The Oregonian, January 13, 1SC5. New York, Jan. 12. The Herald's dis patch says: A leading Peace Democrat has gone to Richmond in furtherance of the peace movement. It is known that he goes there with the full knowl edge and consent of the President and is vested with authority requisite to open negotiations with Jefferson Davis with a view to restore peace. A kleptomaniac epidemic, to put it gently, seems to have broken out in Portland. We have numerous instanoes to record of stealing the clothes from lines, appropriating turkeys, chickens and a variety of little things. It seems also "to be a habit of some persons to remove copies of The Morning Orego nian from the doorsteps ot his neigh bors. New Tork, Jan. 12. It is said that - W" Tash.oS wtth vorth.rr. authorities with peace in view. The Times hag re ceived a special saying that some mem bers of the commission are already on the way to Washington. This special also says that not much hope appears of passing the Constitutional amend ment abolishing slavery. A correspondent from the country tells us that he met a rebel from Los Angeles who told him that in Southern California there is an organization of armed men ready to break out when ever the sign is made. The congregation of Trinity (Episco pal) Church Is preparing for a fine festival, to be held in the Turn Verein Hall Wednesday next. Somebody returning from the States says there is more money and better times back there than prevail on the Pacific Coast Dr. J. B. Cole, examining physician of the military district of Washington territory, died at Vancouver Wednes day. It is rumored that B. J. Pengra, Esq., has tendered Ills resignation as Surveyor-General of the State. WILSON FAVORABLE TO SELECTION His Onlnlon on Immigration. In 1800 Conflicts With Present Attitdne, BOSTON. Mass.. Jan. 6. (To the Editor.) Rumor has it, vague rumor, it is true, that President Wilson in tends to veto the immigration bill which has recently passed both houses of Congress principally because of the "literacy test" clause, President Wilson, as I understand, stands for "selection' rather than re striction. He believes some measure should be taken regarding immigra tion. For did he not say concerning the situation In 1890: "Immigrants poured steadily In as before, but with a marked alteration of stock, which students of affairs noted with uneasiness. "Throughout the country men of the strudy stock of the north of Europe had made up the main strain ot lor eign blood which was every year added to the vital working force of the country, or else men of the Latin- Gaelic Btock of France and Northern Italy; but now there came multitudes of men of the lowest class, and men of the meaner sort. men out of the ranks where there was neither skill nor energy, nor any ini tiative nor quick intelligence; and thev came in numbers which increased from year to year, as if the countries of the south of Europe were disbur dening themselves of the more sordid and hapless elements of their popula tion, the men whose standards of life and Work were such as American workmen had never dreamed of be fore." Could any statement better reflect the situation than this of our Presi dent? That was in 1890. What was it six months ago, and what will it be Blx months after the close of the war? Ignorance of reading goes hand in hand with ignorance of trade and low standard of living. Furthermore, it deprives not only the immigrant, but the American laborers, of a higher wage. The last report of the Immigration Commission (vol. 1, page 68) says: "The effect of the new immigration is clearly shown in the Western Penn sylvania field, where the average wage of the bituminous coal worker is 42 cents a day below the average wage In the Middle West and Southwest" And again the commission says that the low standard of the newer immi grants has tended both to stop raising wages and also to stop bettering the conditions of the older men, but what improvements and increases in Wages have been made 'have been secured in spite of the recent immigrants. The reading test was evolved pri marily to alleviate this condition and President Wilson has admitted that a "selection" should be made. It would seem that when a man is in the center of things in Washington, matters ap pear different from when he is on tho outside. The President is between the devil and the deep sea, and he is going to offend some one anyway, so if he does not like the literacy test why does he not suggest something bet ter? P. F.II. CAME LAWS REPEAL IS URGED Give Each County Individual Juris diction Saya "Home-Builder.' PORTLAND, Jan. 9. (To the Edi tor.) With reference to the game and game laws of this state, it looks very much as though we were swinging around the circle and getting back to the time of Robin Hood and Fair Play in his communication of January 7 merely touches the edge of the feeling prevailing in the rural counties of this state against the present game laws. and, unless there is either a change in the law or the sentiment, the position cf game warden will become very un popular. There nas Deen more Dioaa snea ai ready over game in Oregon than all the game in the state is worth. Oregon is in need ot settlers, home- builders, tillers of the soil, not ducks and deer, but she can have them all so far as that is concerned and with out bloodshed and so much unneces sary expense by simply repealing all the present game laws and giving each county exclusive Jurisdiction over the game and granting the County Court of each county authority to make such rules and regulations as the court may deem necessary. A HOME BUILDER. CHECK I-V SIERKS' CASE IS ASKED United Railway's Sunday Schedule May Throw Stir Light. PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (To the Edi tor.) I notice in The Oregonian today Testing of SierKs' confession Begun. In the first account of the Wehrman case, published in The Oregonian, Sep tember 7, 1911, last column, page l, it says: "The body was first seen by Mrs. Slerks Monday morning and that the crime was committed Sunday night" If that report is correct as to time. Slerks must have made his trip Sun day night If that is true, the United Railway's Sunday schedule should be checked up. instead of Monday. Labor day. Thev srave a week-end service, in which later trains were run Saturday and Sunday nights than through the rest of the week. E. C M'DOWEUU VIEWS OX THE OREGOMIAJI AJfSl'AL Press of Northwest Has Worda of Praise for New Yrar'a Edition. The "Annual." Issued by the Portland Oregonian on New Year's Day, review, ing the growth and progress made by Fortland and Oreson during tne )' passed, and portraying the possibilities for Oregon and Portland tor tne yenr to come, is a piece of newspaper work which will rank with any hk puonca tion issued anvwhere. in the country Of course, Oregon and what she has done and can do makes such an edition possible, nevertheless a great deal o credit must be given the managemen of The Oregonian, which spared no ex pense on its big review number. Sher wood journal. The annual edition of The Oregon lan is another creditable production, profusely illustrated, and splendidly gotten up. It will give, like all pre vioua annual issues of The Oregonian, the state of Oregon another boost and help to bring new people and new in dustries Into the state. The Oregonian Is certainly entitled to a great deal o credit for the manner in which it ai ways boosts Oregon, and the new year number is another illustration ot tins. Having issued that valuable edition the people should do their part by sending them to their friends In all parts of the United States and foreign countries, Tillamook Headlight. Tha Oreffonlan's New Year edition was one of the masterly productions of that enterprising journal. Probably the most lasting impression upon the peo ple of Eastern Multnomah was the full- page panorama of the Columbia River between Troutdale and Cascade l-ocas, Including the course of the famous new highway. The other portions of the paper were in keeping with former suc cessful issues, as there was nothing lacking to make- It complete. The only wonder Is that something new Is found each year to fill the pages of four sec tlons, each of which Is as large as many ordinary newspapers and far more in teresting. Stacks and stacks of sacks of pota toes, wheat corn, oats and cotton, with Uncle Sam standing thereon and bow ing politely to our old friend Mars away down below, is the subject of the first page cartoon in the Oregonlan's 70-page illustrated New years edition. jn this issue of the paper has been ex pended an Immense amount of laDor in telllgently directed. It Is not a hotch nnti'h of pictures and rubbish which characterize many newspaper annuals, but the entire paper Is designed to properly depict the Portland or toaay In its wonderful growth and prosper ity One striking feature Is the con trast In the buildings on various sites with those which occupied the same ground only a few years ago. uue at tuntion in also riven to the farming rtnlrviner and orchard interests jf the state. Pictures of the beautiful seen rv of Oreeon. of Its rivers and water falls and its diversified Industries, add to the value of the publication In re spect of its distribution in other parts of the world. NewDcrg i-nterprise, John T. Bell. The Oresronian Annual a New Year numher has been received and It a biir. healthy newspaper, showing Oregon in all Its grandeur and In dustrlal greatness. To read it Is to make one optimistic, for It not only ohnwa hv facts and figures what a prosperous state Oregon really is, but presents the wonderful possibilities of the future. It leaves no room for nils glvings affecting business and general prosperity in imiu. eaaer i-""'- The Oregonian's Annual strengthens nitr imnression that Oregon Is a great Portland a erent city and The orss-onlan a irreat newspaper. Weston Leader. The Oreeonian's New Yesr edition was the best and greatest ever issued i,w thnt c-reKt newspaper. The Oregon ian continues to hold Its own as one of tho few really great newspapers ot tne world, and every citizen of Orenron has reason to feel proud of It. Joseph Her ald. The New Year numher of The Morn- ln- Oreeonian was a large and spien did edition, containing valuable data. The illustrations were particularly fine and the growth of Portland was effect iveiv pnmiurpil bv pictures taken In 1914 with photographs of a quarter of a century ago. The resources oi tne various counties also received mention. Tt fa a irreat paper to send East to i-rtsnefH ve se ttlers. for it reveals Ore gon, the land bf plenty. McMlnnvllle News-Reporter. The Oregonian's Annual Number for 1915 Is a splendid production, it ex ri ita Inst vpar annual in Its compre henstve exhibit of a most remarkable progress on the part of the Northwest, and especially or Portland, unn run not avoid noting the many new build ings and other improvements in com parison of similar views over last year. One could not sena to taeir tneoua East a better encyclopedia of our won derful advance along progressive lines. It will tell them Just what they want to know about Oregon. itainier ite view. The Oregonian's annual number, pub lished January 1, 1915. waa a credit to Portland, to the Nortnwest ana tin publishers. Tt has carried the message of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to the East, and that message will be one of interest to all who have their eyes turned toward the Pacific Coast. It was finely illustrated, and the art work is as good as anything ever turned out i tha effete Enst and. If anything, a little better. Hillsboro Argus. The annual edition of The Portland Oregonion was, as usual, excellent in makeup and substantial in character. The Annual Oregonian is undoubtedly a strong factor in publicity alone for Portland and the whole state of Oregon. Coast readers have a review of the work of the year past by able writers, and the photographs of all of the prin pal undertakings. Goldendale (Wash.) Sentinel. The Oregonian annual of today Is a magnificent publication. ine most striking feature of the entire paper is the section showing photographs of th hnslness sections of Portland, ns compared with those same sections only a few vears ago. These pictures tell the tale of the progress in the building of the city more than could pages of reading matter. Other sections of the paper are very Interesting and instruc tive and taken as a whole, the paper will be ona of the greatest advertising features ever published in Oregon. St. Helens Mist. The annual edition of The Portland Oregonian appeared as usual today, and as usual, it is well worth while. This annual Is always up to a high stand ard, and there is no exception this year. It Is not as big as some annuals of the past, but It compresses Into lis pages every fact worth knowing about Oregon and all the big facts of the great Northwest. In spite of the fact that it is published In Oregon, the Ore gonian Is still the voice of the North west still the great newspaper of the North Pacific of which It Is truly rep resentative. Aberdeen (Wash.) World. The New Year's -Oregonian is one of the best seen in years. We may well call it a "comparison number" and the conclusions drawn from tho com parisons will not only make Oregonlans feel good, after they have rsad the pages, but will tend to Interest that class of the East and Middle Wast who happen to receive a copy of the paper and who ar contemplating a Journey of inspection to the Pacific Coast. To this class of men who sea the paper a trip by way of Oregon la Insured. The wise Oregonian will read his Oregonian annual and then put it away whers he can refer at will to the groat mass of comprehensive facts tslllng of the won derful growth of Portland and ths in dustries of the stats at larga. Hood River Glacier. j Twenty-Five Year Ago. From Yhs Orntonlsn Jsnusry 13. ldso. St. Louis. .V cyclone hit this city yesterday and left death and destruc tion in its wake. Several lives wero lost and a number of builiilnns wera raied. The cyclone and storm raaed all throush the Middle West and dam age Is being reported from many places. Washington. Congressman Wilson, of Washington, Is working to get throush postnl accommodations aloua the Northern l'acific from tit. l'sul to Tacoma. Lisbon. Kocland has delivered an ultimatum to l'orttiKul tclllnx tho lit tle nation she mut withdraw lur forces along the flilro and from Mashonaland. .The King called tho cabinet and the ultimatum was obryed. Later a mob attacked tho llritlsh lega tion here. A dispatch to The Oregonian from Tacoma says: "l'ollce Officer Joe Day. of Portland, has arrived from Scattlo en route to Portland with three pris oners. Chris Johnson. Frunk Hart and William Ualvln. San Francisco. Oeorse Loggle. rep resentative of the OrcKon Improvement Company, of Coos liuy, is in too city. H. S. Loom I a, late of tho circulation department of the St. Paul Globe, Ims arrived in tho city, and expects to tuko a position with Tho OrcKoniun. Mr. Loonils la a brother-ln-litw of Charles Brown, the merchant, of Alblna. The funeral of ex-Oovernor G. I Woods was held yesterday. Tho body was laid to rest In Klvurvlew Cemrtt-ry. Burglars entered tha kitchen of the Pine-itreet c'offeo-lloiiso early yester day morning, but before they inado much headway a policeman ranis along and scared them. The hurslurs nude good their escape, however. L. Arnold has complained that his dove cotes In tho North tnd havo boon broken into and several doxen pigeons taken. Thomas N. Strong, president of tho City Board of Charities, In an Inter view In Tho Oregonian today, sy there Is no conflict between tho Board and the police department. Ho make a few practical suggestions for tho ef ficiency of th charltahlo work. B. F. Giltner, Assistant Pecretary of State came down from rnlem yosturday to attend ex-Governor Woods' funeral. Attorney Georun W. Toctim died lat night ot a stroke cf apoplesy. STRAXGE IDEAS OK OVl:nMBT Colonel Wood's Vlew Are Regarded by Correspondent. PORTLAND, Jan! t. (To t!io Kdl tor.) I havo carefully read ColonM Wood's letter on tho conflict bftween President Wilson and tho I'nlted States Senate In The Oregonian. it contain a strange conception of what our form of government moana and stand fo ; such a contradictory statement of fact and fancy ns to tlin rights and duties of tho respective divisions of our con stitutional government. Tie speaks about tho Kns.llh consti tution and Hrlllsh I'ai I lament and it limitations, but tho fart dors not fcrm to suggest itself to his nil lid that vvor 200 year have elapse,! sinra an Koa llsh King dared to quoMlon tho rlalil of Parliament In the esorrlsn of Its con stitutional rights, or to veto a measiii affecting the public good passed by Parliament. Over a century has passed since an English sovcrelBti had tho courauo to Intimate to Parliament Ma wishes re specting the disposition of a bill pend ing before that body. 1 am not one win is wenned to inn past, and only Insofar as the wisdom of the past aids and assists us In see ing the right should wo accept and be guided by its counsel; horauso a. thing Is old is no reason that It Is right. But today we find tho representa tives of the people In Concrrsa quiver ing and shaking In the presence of the daily threats of a modern Caesar who two vears henco may no anting soma Tltlnius for a cup of water. It is no party question. Docs t olonel Wood believe that one man knows mnrn about the wants of a wholo people than they know themselves, especially when that man has spent his whole lllo with in the cloistered walls of a eollego and whose stock In statesmanship sesnia to be confined to synthetical phrases nd methods? Does the simple oath of office fer tilize with infallible wisdom a brain dominated In all hla year by tho nar row limits of a Calvlnlhtlo class room? Does It confer on one man tho right to enforce on a nation and its repre sentatives a policy bottomed on hla im perious will, and which Ignore t!i broader Interests of tho many? And yet we are confronted with sin h spectacle today. We see a high handed attempt which will surely lail, to fuse the cxeculivo and the legisla tive departments of government into ono and clothe tho occupant nf tho former with Mio functions of both. A careful reading of Colonel Wood. letter will at once disclose that ho ha simply given expression to a mere sen timent of personal admiration for a man; that the reasoning and farts set forth sre not and cannot he verified hv historical experience and governmental precedent. It cannot nn pointed out in mr nin history of parliamentary strtigglos where freedom has come to any people extent hv limiting tho power of tho executive. This fact is so universally true in the sue struggles of mankind for liherlv that It Is surprising that Colonel Wood would advanro sm h a solution. Wa have the spectacle of a msn clothed with executive power quietly sifting tho consciences of our Henstor and Kepresentstives to ascertain how ante must ho the temptation inst is to be offered to Induce them to betray the sacred trusts reposed In thsm by their constituents. 'SKNATOH. At a Donation Tartr. Livingstone Iwincc. "Were you gambling last nlclil?" No. Indeed. It waa a donation party. I came aay a hundred to tho good." Motive of Friendship. nirmlnghnm (Ala.) Age-llersl.l ' 'Are vou familiar with tho motives of Blink's new ploy?" "Yes; ho needed tho inonev. Tailored Styles Are Foreshadowed "Style for women, for 1915 will bo seen and not beard. "Strictly tailored I tho wsteh word and a noticeable scarcity of laco and furbelows." Such 1 tho word that comes from leading dres and ult manufactur ers. Efforts will bo made to sound a more strict American not than usual. All of which 1 good reason wbr every woman will want to keep la close touch with tho advertising In The Oregonian. The advertising these day I live news of the Uveat kind. It always sound the first word of fashion's change. t